Craft beer-focused Yard House to open in Domain May 14

A newcomer to Austin’s beer scene might soon be able to claim the record for the most number of beers on tap.

Contributed from Yard House’s Facebook page. A new location of Yard House opens in Austin at the Domain with 130 beers on tap.

The California-based craft beer chain Yard House is opening a location at the Domain on May 14 with 130 draft brews — 44 of those from Texas breweries and another five reserved for special, small-batch offerings.

Each new location of the bar and restaurant — which now boasts more than 60 locations across the U.S. — aims to fit in locally, which is why the Domain Yard House, located on Century Oaks Terrace just off the MoPac Expressway, will have so many beers from Austin and Texas at large. It’ll also have Texas spirits like Balcones Baby Blue, Deep Eddy Ruby Red Vodka and Rebecca Creek Whiskey, according to a news release.

The beer list is the biggest source of pride for Yard House employees, however, whose first big day of work is next Tuesday, when all of the kegs for the grand opening are rolled in as part of a company ritual called Keg Day.

Having 130 running taps, after all, is no small feat, something the bar and restaurant makes a point of celebrating. That’s why the room where each of the kegs are stored is designed as “one of Yard House’s signature architectural features,” according to the release. “The glass-enclosed keg room… will contain some 4,000 gallons of beer,” as well as “five miles of individual beer lines encased in stainless steel.”

Yard House, at 11410 Century Oaks Terrace, will celebrate its grand opening starting at 11 a.m. on May 14, a Saturday, and will be opened daily for lunch, happy hour and dinner through 1 a.m.